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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1892
Page
1
The Intelligencer contributor William Dean Lowell plans a piece titled The Unexpected Guests for Harper’s Magazine January. Illustrations by W T Smedley accompany the feature. The Highway and Banner, a Des Moines Holiness paper, gains readers in Unis locality where Rev Isaiah Reed heads the paper.
The January Harper's Magazine is described as a second Christmas number and a worthy rival to its celebrated December Holiday issue, highlighting literary brilliance and striking illustrations.
Edward F Waite will publish a discerning study in Harper's Magazine January issue outlining the pension system of the United States Its history current scope and notable aspects of its administration are examined with careful analysis.
The case for repealing the June 27 18 percent pension act is voiced by Mr Antony in the lower house. He proposes that all pensions granted under that act shall be discontinued. The move reflects southern lawmakers and union men uneasy about the bill and its party implications.
Judge J. L. Stevens demanded swift action on criminal liquor seller prosecutions. Over twenty indictments lingering since earlier terms were to be tried. Six defendants pleaded guilty and faced fines, one was acquitted, another dismissed, while others were continued due to witness shortages.
Congressmen Butler in the Fayette County Union vows to curb Mr. Talmadge’s pay during Cleveland’s tenure. Cleveland to be inaugurated March 4 1898. Butler threatens to indict a telegram attacking the incumbent at West Union Iowa, while noting Talmadge also edits a Republican paper.
The Century notes Mark Twain's The £1,000,000 Bank Note to appear in January. The story follows a stranger in London with a million-pound note and no funds, highlighting fears about cashing it at the Bank of England.
A holiday note expresses gratitude for national prosperity and freedom from pestilence, a successful election, robust crops, and local peace in Ames during 1892. It celebrates Building as never before and extends Christmas wishes to readers and the wider world.
A December London gathering of British agriculturists denounced untaxed foreign imports, calling for duties equal to home tax rates to shield labor and industry. A speaker endorsed protection over free trade, while the Times warned against bimetalism as an untried experiment. The piece notes widespread farmer discontent with free trade.
The piece meditates on Christmas as a universal holiday for all ages and peoples. It contrasts children's unbridled joy with adult restraint and reflects on Christ’s coming transforming time and human life. It emphasizes happiness on the day and the spiritual meaning of Advent.
The article notes Adlai E. Stevenson as part of a 1849 Knox County class with Harlan Blackburn West and Missouri governors Brown and Crittenden. It traces his schooling from a Frankfort Kentucky school run by B. B. Sayre to Centre College Janville Kentucky to study law. A schoolmate recalls him as quiet and solitary while Levin shows Stevenson’s broad kinship network across many states per Harper's Weekly.
The State Register names Ole O. Roe of Story City as likely deputy to state auditor elect C. G. McCarthy. Roe, a Republican, former county superintendent and current Story City bank cashier, would move to Des Moines in May, but local officials oppose losing him. Roe's willingness remains uncertain.
The paper shows unusually wide reach in Iowa with many households keeping the Youth's Companion as a trusted educational source. Its 1898 prospectus promises new attractions and continued excellence from leading writers.
The author urges the Republican State Committee to call an early convention to nominate a senator. He argues rapid public discussion in newspapers will reveal merits and weaknesses, letting leaders and county conventions decide within 10 days of announcements and shaping delegate support ahead of the convention.
Hon James G Blaine, idol of Republicans and admired by foes, lies seriously ill and near death. Doctors’ guarded statements suggest the end may be near, marking the decline of a long prominent public life and a tower of strength to the American people.
Mrs President Harrison favors Lead Kindly Light listed as number 682 in the Methodist hymnal. Mr Ball moved into a new house. A box social at Mr Nowlin’s last Thursday benefited U B church, with good turnout and funds added. Mrs J J Wiltse visited her daughter west of Kelley. Neighbors plan to attend the Jones school house Christmas tree event and some will go to Kelley.
Mercury registered 20 percent below zero Tuesday morning with a minimum 21 below. Despite the cold, work continues on the new agricultural building. S. 8. opened at 3 p.m. with about 55 in attendance last Sunday. Visitors and local residents share holiday plans and updates on illnesses and travel.
A Thursday evening city benefit featured Miss Tot Bigelow and a corps of young women performing military drill tableaux and musical numbers. The Ames audience rewarded the effort with about 187 dollars after expenses, to be used by the Relief Corps in humane, unobtrusive ways.
I present a fine line in jewelry and silverware with highly regarded stock of rings charms lockets necklaces brooches bracelets drops gold pens and pencils. Every article sold from my place guaranteed as represented or money back.
An assortment of near identical ads promote handkerchiefs mufflers and throws from Tilden's and Grove Bros. subscriptions to Des Moines Weekly Leader and New Yorkly Tribune offered. Local sellers Baker the jeweler 19lbs sugar eggs Bigelow Smith Hemstreet & McLain advertise loans real estate and insurance services.
An advertisement invites readers to inquire about hats caps trunks gloves and related items sold by C M Soper. It also includes a school report from district number one Franklin township for December 1892 listing 24 pupils with 19.9 average attendance and naming non absent pupils and teacher Fannie Curtiss.
Week on Cleveland features notices listing local names and a call for advertisers. Geo. D. Loud promotes easy chairs in silk tapestry leather seat and polished oak as ideal Christmas gifts.
Public schools closed for the annual holiday leave last Friday. Ames teachers split up for vacations with several headed to Wisconsin Illinois Des Moines and Maxwell while Miss Harriett Watts and Mr. Carstens plan trips to Cedar Rapids Grinnell Davenport and beyond.
A sequence of property deeds records transfers in Nevada Ames and surrounding areas. Names include W H Cole J E Warren Abel Olson Frank Thompson DG Ferguson Zearing Imp and Peter Shugart among others with sums from 55 to 10000 dollars for parcels in Burris Adams Cambridge Ames Nevada and Fairview.
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